HLS 20RS-1066 REENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 792
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAGLEY, ADAMS, COX, TRAVIS JOHNSON,
LARVADAIN, AND SELDERS
PHARMACIES: Provides for delivery of medical marijuana to patients by marijuana
pharmacies
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:1046(C)(2)(l), relative to marijuana for therapeutic use, known commonly
3 as medical marijuana; to provide for administrative rules of the Louisiana Board of
4 Pharmacy relating to the dispensing of medical marijuana; to require that such rules
5 include procedures and regulations relative to delivery of dispensed marijuana; and
6 to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:1046(C)(2)(l) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1046. Recommendation and dispensing of marijuana for therapeutic use; rules and
10 regulations; of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners and
11 Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; and the adoption of rules and regulations
12 relating to the dispensing of recommended marijuana for therapeutic use; the
13 Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the licensure of a production
14 facility licensing by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry
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16 C.
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18 (2) The rules shall include but not be limited to:
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are additions. HLS 20RS-1066 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 792
1 (l) Procedures and regulations relative to delivery of dispensed marijuana to
2 patients by designated employees or agents of the pharmacy.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 792 Reengrossed 2020 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Requires the La. Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules relative to delivery of
dispensed marijuana to patients by employees or agents of the pharmacy.
Present law authorizes physicians who are licensed by and in good standing with the La.
State Board of Medical Examiners to recommend medical marijuana for therapeutic use by
patients clinically diagnosed as suffering from one or more debilitating medical conditions
enumerated in present law. Requires the La. Board of Pharmacy to adopt administrative
rules relating to the dispensing of medical marijuana to patients.
Proposed law retains present law and adds thereto a requirement that the La. Board of
Pharmacy adopt rules to provide for procedures and regulations relative to delivery of
dispensed marijuana to patients by designated employees or agents of the pharmacy.
(Adds R.S. 40:1046(C)(2)(l))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.